Matching II. Choose the one most appropriate

Question

answer for each.
1. ___ anthropoids
2. ___ australopith
3. ___ hominids
4. ___ hominoids
5. ___ Miocene
6. ___ Neandertals
7. ___ primates
8. ___ Pliocene
A. a group that includes apes and humans
B. a population of Homo spp. that lived from
at least 100,000 to as recently as 30,000
years ago; tool users and artisans
C. the order that includes animals with freely
swiveling limbs, mobile grasping digits,
upright body posture, good depth
perception, and exquisite neural control
D. organisms in a group that includes New
World and Old World monkeys, apes, and
humans
E. an era that began 65 to 63 million years
ago; characterized by the evolution of
birds, mammals, and flowering plants
F. an epoch of the Cenozoic lasting from 23.8
million to 5.3 million years ago;
characterized by the appearance of
primitive apes, whales, and grazing
animals
G. an epoch of the Cenozoic lasting from 5.3
million to 1.8 million years ago;
characterized by the appearance of
distinctly modern plants and animals
H. bipedal organisms from about 3.2 to 2.3
million years ago, with essentially human
bodies and ape-shaped heads; ”Southern
Apes”
I. a group including humans and human-like
species

Answer 1

Answers: 1. D, 2. H, 3. I, 4. A, 5. F, 6. B, 7. C, 8. G